Lamp-reflector.



B. H. POMEROY. LAMP REFLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23,1914.

1 1 98,657.. Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Iranian STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENNARID H. POMEROY, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN-MENTS, TO B. E. DIETZ COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

LAMP-REFLECTOR,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNARD H. POM- nRoY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lamp- Reflectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of reflectors which are employed inheadlights and other vehicle lamps for directing the light forwardlyupon the road and which are approximately of parabolic form and have thesource of light, whether electric bulb, gas, or oil flame, arrangedwithin the reflector approximately in the focus thereof.

The object of this invention is the production of a reflector of thisgeneral character in which the illuminated field is somewhat larger inarea than in a true parabolic reflector, in other words, in which thelight. is spread somewhat, and in which the 1ntensity of the light issomewhat reduced, thereby avoiding an excessive or objectionable glare,and which permits the production of a very small and compact headlightor lamp having the necessary illuminating capacity, both as to distanceor range and .field or area of illumination.

lar enlargement having a concave inner face which curves outwardly andforwardly from the front end of the body portion 12 and which terminatespreferably in a flat or radial front flange 1-1 projecting outwardlyfrom the enlarged front portion and con- V reflector approximately inthe focus thereof.

Any other suitable source of light, such as a gas lamp or oil lamp. may,of course, be employed and the body of the reflector and the casing beconstructed in a wellknown manner to accommodate such lamp.

16 represents the front glass. 17 the frame in which the same ismounted. and 18 the annular reflecting ring in said frame, all of anysuitable or well known construction.

I claim as my invention:

A lamp comprising a casing. an approximately parabolic reflecting bodyadapted to contain the source of light arranged within said casing, anannular. concave reflecting enlargement curving outwardly and forwardlyfrom the front end of said parabolic body and extending beyond thesource of light and means for connecting the enlargement with th casing.

\Vitness my hand in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

BENXARD H. POMEROY.

Witnesses RAY A. FISHBAUGH, IVALLACE I. MILLER.

